Captivating Animals

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Elegant parrots (Neophema elegans) on Lights Beach, Denmark, Western Australia

by John Anderson

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Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Colombia

photograph by Retorno Photo Tours

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Jennifer Latour: feathered thephotographicdictionary.net/feathered

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horses in qazaq steppe near almatı, 2013

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On the mountain trails of west Texas.

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Eurasian bullfinch/domherre. Värmland, Sweden (28 April 2018).

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Gute sheep/gutefår. Värmland, Sweden (24 April 2020).

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jaunty little friend

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It was a great day for wildlife!

Cooking Lake - Blackfoot Provincial Rec Area, June 6 2021

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Galápagos Mockingbird

Mimus parvulus Bahía Darwin, Isla Genovesa Galápagos, Ecuador

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Some animals from my garden, today: 

Great tailed grackle

Horsefly-like carpenter bee 

Eastern carpenter bee

Spotless ladybird beetle 

Sunflower aphids

Green anole

Beeblossom aphids

There were also more honeybees than you could count, eastern bordered plant bugs, love bugs, tropical checkered skippers, a very fast southern carpenter bee, and a couple of monarchs.

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Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), DARING YOU, JUST FUCKIN DARING YOU TO TRY SOME OF THIS!!!, family Eurypygidae, order Eurypygiformes, Costa Rica

This bird is the only member of its family.

Its closest living relative is the Kagu of New Caldeonia.

photographs by Freddy Madrigal

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Isle of Skye, 2025.